The Henry Moore Foundation (HMF) and the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) annually award a monthlong residency to a current MFA student or recent MFA graduate of the Yale School of Art with an interest in Henry Moore’s art and life. Learn about past residents below.
 | 2022 | Cristóbal GraciaCristóbal Gracia (Yale School of Art 2022) mimicked certain work methods of Henry Moore during his residency at the Henry Moore Foundation in the summer of 2022. Gracia was interested in Moore’s use of maquettes—both in the studio as well as exhibition spaces—to visualize how the larger sculptures would function when installed. Gracia also explored using natural materials. Rather than incorporating rocks or bones as Moore had done, he constructed temporary maquettes from eggshells and tangerine peels. |
 | 2024 | Purvai RaiPurvai Rai (Yale School of Art 2025) was interested in Henry Moore's process of starting tapestries with pencil, ink, and watercolors rather than a predetermined grid during her residency in the summer of 2024. Rai investigated how drawings can act as the foundation for woven images and composition. She also facilitated public programs and learned about the Henry Moore Foundation's methods for archiving and presenting Moore's work to foster community engagement and integrate artistic legacies into the surrounding landscape. |
2025 | Sok Song
Sok Song’s interdisciplinary practice combines rigorous studio time, intense research, and public engagement. His work considers the concept of folding as both a material strategy and a conceptual framework to examine themes of identity, memory, and displacement. A former Wurtele Gallery Teacher at the Yale University Art Gallery, summer coordinator resident at the Yale Norfolk School of Art, and 2024 CCAM (Center for Collaborative Arts and Media) Studio Fellow, Song divided his fellowship with three weeks in residence at the HMF headquarters in Hertfordshire and one week at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, from July 15 through August 12, 2025.
Sok Song, photo courtesy of the artist
2026 | Sonia Rosa Kahn
Sonia Rosa Kahn is a US-based artist whose interdisciplinary practice combines moving image, printmaking, and installation. Her works, like “Optic Nerve” (featured in detail on slide two), examine the reproduction of photographic images and their social and material lifespans. Through processes of erosion, oxidation, and chemical development, her alchemical interventions in both film and printed matter test the stability of pictures and narratives through time.
Her work has been shown both in the US and internationally. She previously received the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship (2026) and Mortimer-Hays Brandeis Traveling Fellowship (2024), and she is a NYSCA Support for Artist Grantee (2026). Her films are distributed through the Filmmakers Cooperative in New York.
Photograph of Sonia Rosa Kahn by Alec Dai
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